"Global" and "local" are constructs which no longer adequately capture our lived experience. "Glocal" attempts to capture the melding of international and local realities. This blog provides an opportunity to consider how we can develop glocal thinking and encourage others to do so as well.

About Me

I have been an elementary and secondary school teacher and administrator. Currently, I am a faculty member in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. My M.Ed. and Ph.D. had a focus on the educational and linguistic experiences of children who moved from other countries to Canada.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

CBC report: How a Wilfrid Laurier University connection to Haiti is helping locals rebuild post-hurricane

Earlier this week, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) did a story on our capacity-building work in Haiti. The focus of the story is on Samy Charles, who I have written about before, and the efforts that he and others at his university (where he is studying medicine) have made in meeting the needs of people post Hurricane Matthew.